Thread by @jbendery

Todays, Senate Republicans voted to confirm a 40-year-old lawyer -- who repeatedly led efforts to make it harder to vote -- to be a lifetime U.S. circuit court judge. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ju…

Every Republican voted to make this guy a lifetime federal judge. He has argued that same-sex marriage would be “disruptive … to our constitutional democracy" and argued against women's access to birth control huffpost.com/entry/trump-ju…

Check out Eric Murphy's record on voting rights. As Ohio solicitor general, he argued the state should be able to drop people from its voter rolls if they don’t vote for six years + argued for letting Ohio discard ballots with minor clerical errors.

Now he's a lifetime judge.

Sherrod Brown, livid about today's vote: “I can’t imagine my R colleagues came from Georgia and Kansas… thinking, ‘I’m going to take the oath of office and you know what one of the things is I’m going to do? I’m going to vote to restrict voting rights!'" huffpost.com/entry/trump-ju…

Anyway, it's been quite a week of judicial confirmations for Trump/McConnell. Three young, right-wing ideologues are now lifetime federal judges.

Trump is up to 34 circuit judges confirmed. 1 in 6 seats on all circuit courts is now filled by a Trump pick. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ju…